وَاقَعَ الأَمْرَ

1.
(assumed tropical:) He threw himself [or plunged] into the affair: he fell into the affair: he fell into the affair, subjecting himself to difficulty. (MA.) And (assumed tropical:) He fell to the thing; such as eating, and drinking, and the like: see 3 in article فتك, for an instance of this, as well as a similar, meaning.
2.
وَاقَعَ الأُمُورَ, verbal noun مُوَاقَعَةٌ and وِقَاعٌ, apparently, He was near to doing, or experiencing, the affairs, or events; synonym دَانَاهَا. (TA.)
3.
وَاقَعَ شَيْيءًا also means He experienced the occurrence of a thing; he met with a thing; i. e., something occurred.
4.
وَاقَعَ شَيْيءًا same as وَقَعَ فى شىءٍ He fell into a thing. (Qur'an, 18:51, and Expos. of the Jeláleyn.)
5.
وَاقَعَهَا He compressed her. (MA.)
6.
وَاقَعَ بِهِمْ [He engaged with them in fight, or conflict]. (S.)

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